A claim has been made on UKAR by someone calling themselves '911T' that the Swift has now joined XH558 & the Canberra basking in the glorious fresh air.Not seen anything posted anywhere else claiming this, so is that correct ?If so, why the apparent sudden decision by 2Excel Aviation ?

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Clive..{ South Wales }{ +868 posts on old Forum }Now an ex-Club Member & no longer contributing to VTST / XH558

So ,another iconic British jet finds itself dumped outside ! I wonder if the Swifts owner envisaged this when he/she spent thousands having the aircraft restored by Jet Art ?? Time for a new home I think,somewhere warm and open to the public !

well at least the initials don't have to be changed: Vulcan To The Snow.

it is a great shame and can only hope (and it is only a hope I fear) that the hangar gets approved and they find a benefactor to pay for it.

I don't know what the outgoings are now but I do hope that the majority of the money raised by the names under the wing appeal has been put aside for good use to benefit the aircraft rather than all being wasted on needless wages. I really can't understand why they need all the remaining 'employees' who effectively are just backroom and admin staff rather than directly looking after the aircraft. Most if not all similar organisations get along well by using volunteers at all levels of their management structure but there again most aren't on operational airports, maybe that illustrates why Doncaster was only right whilst she was flying.

i'm very disillusioned by the whole debacle

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